[SummerChild]

Thank you Tony for actually putting forth some ideas. So are you saying that we basically need to take an each person approach instead of trying to have some grand movement together?
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Originally posted by TonyB06
Phasad,
I feel you on a lot of what you're saying, but with each generation, we grow a little more diverse in our thinking, a little more specialized in our talents. This is good, but it makes the collective "what we all must do now" a little harder to organize. That being said, I think there will always remain some element of a "cultural collective" that holds us together, shared experiences that bring us to our current states of mind, and give us a foundation on which to build.

To that end, "we" must:
1. reestabish our Godly-inspired purposes;
2. continue to develop and support minority-owned businesses in our community. These businesses ought to, in turn, continue re-investing in our communites, jobs, scholarships, talent development, wealth creation, etc... With economic standing, political standing will follow;
3. consume less, produce more. and people, put some $ in the bank, please;
4. continue, as the D9 does, tackling the social/behavorial problems we face; reclaiming our communites one at a time.